FIE MATERIAL RULES APPLICATION

With the intention to have a better image for our sport in season 2025/2026 the FIE will be more restricted with the material rules application especially in terms of safety in fencing equipment.

From the FIE:

Dear Federations,

With the intention to have a better image for our sport in season 2025/2026 the FIE will be more restricted with the material rules application especially in terms of safety in fencing equipment.

Please consider the following information:

According to the material rules M.25

f) Logos (national strips) worn on the national clothing must be approved by the FIE Executive Committee; they are then published on the FIE website and may thereafter be used in official FIE competitions.

g) For all official FIE competitions, the wearing of national strips (logos) is compulsory on both legs, optional on the arm(s) (cf. t.74), and the logos must be identical.

The logos must be identical for all fencers of the same federation.

h) The family name of the fencer must be displayed on the back of the jacket, with the abbreviation of the national federation below it, at the level of the shoulder blades. They must be printed directly onto the jacket or onto a cloth entirely sewn onto the jacket. The letters must be in dark blue, in Roman capitals, between 8 cm and 10 cm high, and each stroke must be a maximum of 1.5 cm wide.

The FIE publicity code P12:
p.12. Advertising which is worn or carried

1. Definition

Advertising worn or carried refers to any name or badge other than the mark of the manufacturer or seller of the equipment in question (cf. p.9) which appears on a fencer’s main or ancillary equipment.

b) A mark which is larger than the sizes which are usual or laid down above (cf.p.10) constitutes advertising.

c) All advertisements contrary to the law of the country in which the competition is taking place are forbidden.

2. Fencing clothing and equipment

If a federation and/or a fencer have signed a sponsorship contract with acommercial or other company, the logo of that sponsorship partner may be fixed at a rate of maximum of 3 logos, with a maximum area of 85 cm2 each;

• In foil and epee: at the top of the sleeve of the non-sword arm of the fencing jacket; in sabre: at the top of the thigh of the non-sword side of the fencing breeches and clearly separated from the national logo.
• on the socks;
• on the glove, a maximum of one logo of 30 cm2, printed on the cuff, (attachment by sewing and gluing is not allowed);
• on the collarbones, a maximum of two logos, one each side, with a maximum area of 50cm2 each;
• on the collar of the fencing jacket or electric fencing jacket, a maximum of one logo with a maximum area of 30 cm2;
• on the back, a maximum of one logo, below the nationality code, with a maximum area of 250 cm2.
• The sponsor’s logo may be displayed on each side of the mask. Maximum size: 100 cm2 on each side of the mask.
• A fencer may not display more than ten such logos.

For more information:

FIE Equipment and Homologation Documents

FIE Drawings on Masks approved by the Executive Committee July 2024 (PDF)

FIE Clothing National Logo- September 2025 (PDF)

GBR Logos, Country Code & Tracksuit

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